{"id":51599,"date":"2024-06-30T19:31:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T17:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=51599"},"modified":"2024-06-30T19:31:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T17:31:50","slug":"four-teams-unbeaten-after-third-day-of-u16-sashoc-national-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=51599","title":{"rendered":"Four teams unbeaten after third day of u16 SASHOC National Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WesternFour teams – Boland A<\/strong>, Eastern Province A, KwaZulu Natal Coastal,<\/strong> and defending champions, Western Province A <\/strong>– remain unbeaten after the third day of the u16 SASHOC National Week<\/strong> in Bloemfontein<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Boland A and Eastern Province A, the runaway leaders of Pool B<\/strong>, have set the stage for a thrilling encounter on day four after they shrugged off the challenges of Southern Gauteng A<\/strong> and Boland B<\/strong> respectively on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Andrew<\/strong> Beynon<\/strong>\u2019s Eastern Province side delivered a statement of intent when they walloped Border 8-1 on the opening day of the interprovincial tournament, and they have been on fire ever since then.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, they finally conceded a goal, in their fourth game, but it was just the one in a convincing 4-1 victory over Boland B.<\/p>\n

Lucy Holderness<\/strong> opened the scoring in the 15th<\/sup> minute before Kerrin Gillies<\/strong> struck twice in the space of five minutes in the second quarter to give her side a three-goal lead. That double vaulted Gillies to the top of the goal scoring charts, with five goals, moving her above her teammate Jana Prinsloo<\/strong> (4) and Asanele Zuma<\/strong> (4).<\/p>\n

Boland A also surrendered a goal for the first time on Sunday. It came in a tightly contested clash with Southern Gauteng A, which went down to the wire.<\/p>\n

Chris<\/strong> Gerber<\/strong>‘s charges took an early lead through Phillipa Viljoen<\/strong> in the seventh minute, who converted a penalty corner for the second time during the week. Then, Nicola van der Merwe<\/strong>, who scored a last-minute goal against Southern Gauteng B on day two, extended Boland’s lead with a 25th minute goal.<\/p>\n

Kirsten Cikes<\/strong> pulled Southerns back into the contest with a 39th minute goal, but Boland held onto their one-goal lead until the end.<\/p>\n

Those results confirmed Eastern Province A and Boland A as the semi-finalists from Pool B. However, the winners of the pool will be decided on Monday when the sides go head-to-head.<\/p>\n

In Pool A<\/strong>, Western Province A triumphed 4\u20132 over Southern Free State A<\/strong> to maintain their hold on top spot and guarantee themselves a place in the final four.<\/p>\n

Emma Hibbert<\/strong> starred for the Louise Conradie-<\/strong>coached outfit with a brace, while Kira Totaram-Jacobs<\/strong> and Chelsey McGregor<\/strong> pitched in with a goal each. Chanette Jansen van Vuuren struck twice in the fourth chukka as Southern Free State mounted a fightback. It was, however, too little too late.<\/p>\n

Second-placed KwaZulu Natal Coastal A<\/strong> played to a 0-0 draw against their neighbours KZN Inland A<\/strong>. That draw, and a win later in the day, has opened a window of hope for Inland A, who, mathematically, still have a shot at the next round.<\/p>\n

In their second outing, Phillip<\/strong> Smerdon<\/strong>‘s charges registered a 2-1 win over Southern Free State A. Beayu<\/strong> Chiang <\/strong>and Kate van Breda<\/strong> found the back of the net for Inland in the 24th<\/sup> and 30th<\/sup> minutes before Claire Volschenk<\/strong> pulled one back in the 49th<\/sup> minute, which made for a tense finish to the match.<\/p>\n

Inland\u2019s chances for making the semi-finals now depend on Western Province maintaining their unbeaten run when they play KZN Coastal A on day four, while Inland A would also need to convincingly beat Northern Blues A<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

RESULTS<\/b><\/p>\n

KZN Coastal A 0-0 KZN Inland A
\nWestern Province A 4-2 Southern Free State A
\nKZN Coastal B 0-3 Northern Blues A
\nBorder 1-6 Southern Gauteng B
\nEastern Province A 4 -1 Boland B
\nSouthern Gauteng A 1-2 Boland A
\nKZN Inland A 2-1 Southern Free State A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four teams – Boland A, Eastern Province A, KwaZulu Natal Coastal, and defending champions, Western Province A – remain unbeaten after the third day of the u16 SASHOC National Week in Bloemfontein. Boland A and Eastern Province A, the runaway leaders of Pool B, have set the stage for a thrilling encounter on day four […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":51600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}